Tag: Russia

  • May 23, 2023

Cardinal Zuppi, pope’s peace envoy, talks about war in Ukraine

"War is a pandemic. It involves us all," said Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the Italian prelate chosen by Pope...
  • May 16, 2023

Pope, Ukrainian leader talk about humanitarian situation provoked by war

After literally hundreds of public prayers for peace in Ukraine and 443 days after Russia launched an all-out...
  • May 2, 2023

Kremlin denies working with Vatican on peace talks

Moscow is not working with the Vatican to end the war in Ukraine, said a Kremlin spokesperson....
  • February 22, 2023

Vatican: Putin suspending nuclear treaty is ‘move in the wrong direction’

Russia's suspension of a nuclear arms treaty with the United States weakens structures promoting global security in the...
  • November 21, 2022

Vatican will do whatever possible to broker cease-fire, pope says

The Vatican is willing to do whatever it takes to broker a cease-fire and bring an end to...
  • November 10, 2022

Ukrainian archbishop tells pope Russia wants to destroy, not negotiate

Pope Francis has continued to call on Russian and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate an end to the war,...
  • October 4, 2022

Pope tells Putin: Stop the war

With "rivers of blood and tears" still flowing in Ukraine and with the increasing threat of the use...
  • September 30, 2022

Russian bishops: Nation must recognize conscientious objection to war

Russia's bishops said Catholics face dilemmas responding to a mass call-up for the war in Ukraine, and they...
  • September 30, 2022

Cardinal Parolin calls Putin’s nuclear threat ‘repugnant’

Russian President Vladimir Putin's warnings that he would consider using nuclear weapons is a "repugnant threat" that shows...
  • September 22, 2022

Russian priest says Catholics, including clerics, fear conscription

A senior Russian priest dismissed President Vladimir Putin's threats of nuclear war as "just words," but said many...